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STATE OF MINNESOTa <br />DE:PARTMENT OP' HIGHWAYS <br />ST. PAUl., MINN. 55101 <br /> <br />June 28, 1976 <br /> <br />Mr. John Boland~ Chairman <br />Metropolitan Council <br />300 Metro Square Building <br />Seventh and Robert Streets <br />St. Paul, Minnesote 55101 <br /> <br />In Reply Refer To: 315 <br />Review of City of ramsey <br />Urban Planning District Study RepOrt <br />Metropolitan Council Referral File #3527 <br /> <br /> ,JUL <br /> <br />RECEIVED METRO COUNC~/ <br />.FILE <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Boland: <br /> <br />We have reviewed the above referenced plan and have the following comments <br />in its regard: <br /> <br />1. Please refer to page 5 of the Plan . . . The realignment of the cur- <br /> rent CSAH 5 and Minnesota 47 intersection should be constructed in <br /> the same time frame es the initial "shopping center" or "discount <br /> store" development alluded to in the Plan. <br /> <br />Please refer to pages 24 thru 26 of the Plan . . Even the initial <br />stages of development (shopping facilities 'with 75,000 to 100,000 <br />square feet)'are likely to substantially tax ~he current carrying <br />capacity of Minnesota 47 south of CSAH 5; ie, Commercially success- <br />ful community sized shqpping centers and free standing discount <br />stores in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area have been found to gen- <br />erate between 45 and 120 vehicle trips per 1,000 square feet of <br />gross floor area per day. Traffic data on Minnesota 47 inthis <br />area is: <br /> <br />1970 ADT 1972 ADT 1974 ADT <br /> <br />South of CSAH 5 <br /> <br />NA NA 3250 <br /> <br />South of County Road <br /> <br />1825 2700 4725 <br /> <br />South of Garfield <br /> <br />2650 6500 8250 <br /> <br />The City should carefully consider the costs of public capital im- <br />provements which may be neoesSar¥ to make Such a development success- <br />ful. <br /> <br /> <br />